Liontrust Asset Management PLC Issue of Equity (1047O)

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RNS Number : 1047O

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

30 September 2019

30 September 2019

Stock Exchange Announcement

LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Liontrust Asset Management Plc ("Liontrust" or the "Company") announces that it has issued 3,838,455 new ordinary Liontrust shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") to the shareholders of Neptune Investment Management Limited as part of the consideration due for the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Neptune Investment Management Limited (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition is expected to complete on 1 October 2019.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, both of which are expected to become effective on 1 October 2019.

Following the admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's capital will consist of 54,753,611 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in Treasury.

Thereafter, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 54,753,611.

The above figure of 54,753,611 may then be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Liontrust Asset Management 020 7412 1700

John Ions, Vinay Abrol www.liontrust.co.uk

Simon Hildrey - Chief Marketing Officer

N+1 Singer Advisory LLP 020 7496 3000

Corporate Broking- Tom Salvesen

Numis Securities Limited 020 7260 1000

Charles Farquhar

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited 020 3037 2000

Advisory - Jonny Allison, Kavita Choitram

Corporate Broking - Alex Reynolds

ENDS

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